Well, drat. I couldn't get Cinnamon installed because the expected choice to install it "alongside Windows" wasn't there. None of the options even suggested a way to do a dual boot. I even went online and found a site that said "How to install Linux Mint alongside Windows" but those instructions me...

Well, drat. I couldn't get Cinnamon installed because the expected choice to install it "alongside Windows" wasn't there. None of the options even suggested a way to do a dual boot. I even went online and found a site that said "How to install Linux Mint alongside Windows" but those instructions me...

Well, drat. I couldn't get Cinnamon installed because the expected choice to install it "alongside Windows" wasn't there. None of the options even suggested a way to do a dual boot. I even went online and found a site that said "How to install Linux Mint alongside Windows" but those instructions men...

So I tried both KDE and Cinnamon today. KDE wouldn't run for sh**. I won't even begin to describe the problems with it other than to say it was the S - L - O - W - E - S - T operating system I've ever tried to use. After finally getting it shut off, I tossed the disk so I wouldn't be tempted to try ...

I like clean... KDE is rather heavy on the customisations, so it might not be what you're looking for. Xfce, Mate, and Cinnamon are much "cleaner" in my experience. There again, you may love KDE. Your system certainly sounds capable of running it well. That's the beauty of Linux: we get to try "liv...

I am new to Linux but I can answer you. Your computer will run every Linux DE's for sure. You can go 64 bit OS if you CPU has 64 bit support. You don't look anything asking that, that's newbie questions but good questions! As I am going to say, someone suggested me to install Mint KDE and I did. Wh...

I am also new to Linux. To learn about it, I have successfully and happily put Linux Lite 2.6 on two older Toshiba laptops. I decided to put it on my main computer but it wouldn't install. I started by cloning the original drive onto a new SSHD I mention in the following description. I tried 5 times...